Azerta Team

Cristina Bitar Partner

Economist from Dartmouth University. MBA from Universidad de Chile and Tulane University.

Director of Gold Fields, Enaex and the Chilean-American Chamber of Commerce – AmCham Chile; public policy advisor for Instituto Libertad y Desarrollo; founder and advisor of Comunidad Mujer and since 2008 she has been part of the Young Global Leaders group of the World Economic Forum. She served as Executive Director of Hill & Knowlton Captiva. Between 2004 and 2008 she was a Member of the ICARE Marketing Circle and in 2005 she was Head of Campaign for the presidential candidate Joaquín Lavín. Between 2007 and 2009 she chaired the political movement Independientes en Red. She was director of the APEC department of the Economic Directorate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs between 1994 and 1996 and advisor to the Minister of Finance between 1992 and 1994. She has also been Director of AFP Provida, Newmont, Goldcorp, TECHO and Econssa Chile. She was a member of the Bicentennial Advisory Committee appointed by President Ricardo Lagos.

María Paz Epelman Partner - Purpose & ESG

María Paz Epelman is the former vice-president of Public Affairs and Sustainability at VTR, the largest cable operator in Chile. Prior to this, she was TV news director at Chilevisión and CNN Chile, and Board advisor of Metro de Santiago, among other positions.

She currently sits on the boards of non-profit foundations such as Encuentros del Futuro, Kiri, Prohumana and the Multimedia Council of the University of Chile. She was President of AccionEmpresas, an organization that gathers more than 200 companies dedicated to raising sustainability standards in the country.

She graduated with a journalism degree from University of Chile.

Victoria Burr Partner

Journalist from Universidad Finis Terrae.

She began her career working in the production area of Mega. Then she joined Lo Castillo Publications, in the Special Editions staff area. In 2000 she joined Hill & Knowlton Captiva as an Account Manager. In January 2009 she joined the Azerta team, currently working as a Partner.

Miguel Flores Partner

Lawyer from Universidad Católica de Chile.

University professor and legal advisor. Former Executive Director of the Jaime Guzmán Foundation and served as Under-Secretary of Regional and Administrative Development during 2010-2014. In 2015 he joined Azerta as Director of Public Affairs.

Felipe Edwards Partner

Journalist from Universidad Gabriela Mistral.

An expert in corporate communications, finance and crisis management, he is a founding partner of Azerta. He has advised important Chilean and international companies. He worked as a journalist and deputy editor in Economics and Business at El Mercurio, was communications manager at IBM, general manager of the company Vivefutbol and, for six years, general manager of Hill & Knowlton Captiva.

Juan Pablo Larraín Partner

Journalist from Universidad Finis Terrae and Msc. in Professional Journalism from Universidad Complutense of Madrid, Spain.

From 1991, he has worked with several media outlets in Chile and Spain. Between 2006 and 2013, he worked as the General Manager for Communications in Latin America for the Endesa Group (now Enel Group), and in October 2013 he joined the Copesa Group, where he became the journalistic director of PULSO, then head of the Qué Pasa magazine, and finally becoming Head Director of La Tercera.

From 2015, he has hosted the radio show “Información Privilegiada” at Radio Duna, and is currently Director of the National Press Association (ANP in Spanish) in Chile. He joined the Azerta team on November 2018 as Partner.

Daniela Lipari Partner

Journalist from Universidad Diego Portales.

She began her career as a reporter in Hoy Magazine, but her career has developed fundamentally in the area of strategic communications. She has more than 20 years of experience in corporate, legal and crisis management communications. She was an Account Manager and General Manager at Hill & Knowlton Captiva. In 2009 she joined Azerta as a Partner.

Luis Galleguillos Partner

Journalist and Master in Strategic Communication from Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain.

He worked as a journalist at Radio Cooperativa and then joined Hill & Knowlton Captiva as an Account Manager. In 2007 he founded his own communications agency and then worked as Head of Communications for the Port of San Antonio. He is a professor of strategic communications at Universidad del Desarrollo. And he joined Azerta in 2010.

Begoña Bofill Partner

Journalist from Universidad Católica de Chile.

She worked in the newspaper Estrategia and then in Economics and Business at the newspaper El Mercurio. She was a communications advisor to the Superintendence of Securities and Insurance. She has been part of the Azerta team since 2008 as Partner Director.

Ian Mackinnon Partner

Political Scientist from Universidad Católica de Chile. Master of Science International Public Policy from University College London, England.

After working at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he joined the Azerta team in 2014.

Lisette Garrido Partner

Journalist from the Diego Portales University.

She worked as an executive at Hill & Knowlton Captiva and in 2008 she joined the Azerta team as Coordinator, becoming manager of Human Resources and Operations. She is currently a Partner and People Manager, she also works as General Coordinator and Director of the Strategic Communication area.

José Miguel Arancibia Partner - Digital

Graduate in Social Communications, Journalist and Certified in Audiences and Digital Content Management from Universidad Diego Portales.

José Miguel has an extensive record in Social Media data studies and analysis. He was Head of Content and Corporate Reputation in Socialmente for 4 years, time during which he advised several multinational companies in the mining, energy, and retail sectors, among others. He became part of the Azerta team on January 2019, later joining as Partner in April 2023.

Fernando Gómez Director

Journalist from Universidad Católica de Chile. Master of Science in Corporate Communications from University of Amsterdam.

He began his career at CNN en Español in the United States and then worked as an Executive at Azerta advising different companies and industry associations. He later served as Communications Manager for Latin America for the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) of Universidad Católica and in 2017 returned to Azerta as Account Manager.

César Zapata Director

Journalist from Universidad Finis Terrae. Diploma in Corporate Communications from Universidad Católica de Chile.

He was press chief of the Municipality of La Florida and press director of the Municipality of Santiago. In 2013 he joined Azerta. He has advised different companies related to the mining, energy, transport, real estate and maritime-port industries, among others.

Ricardo Álvarez Director

Journalist from Universidad Diego Portales.

He began his career in Chilevisión and later worked as a journalistic researcher at Televisión Nacional de Chile. In February 2008 he joined the Azerta team, advising different clients related to the mining, electrical, telecommunications, finance and technology industries, among others.

Alejandro Sáez Director

Journalist from Universidad Católica de Chile.

He worked for 15 years in Economics and Business at El Mercurio. In 2008 he received the Banco Estado award for journalistic quality and in 2011 the award from the Association of Economic and Financial Journalists. In 2013 he joined Azerta.

Camilo Feres Director

Gradutate in Social Communications at UARCIS, and Master (c) in Social Science at Universidad de Chile.

Mr. Feres has more than 15 years of proven experience as corporate consultant in Public Affairs, Communications and Strategy. He is also a part time teaching fellow in several under and post gradutates programs, and a as political analyst is a recurring guest in different mass-media programs. Mr. Feres joined Azerta in 2017 as Director of the Social and Political Studies department.

Carlos Vallejos Director

Journalist from Universidad Finis Terrae. Master in Strategic Communication from Universidad de Los Andes.

After working in the newspaper El Mercurio and Qué Pasa magazine, he was Sub Manager of Communications at CCU and later was part of the communications team at Icafal Ingeniería y Construcción. In 2016 he joined the Azerta team.

Claudio Lizama Manager

A journalist with a Masters in Communication.

Claudio has had an outstanding career in strategic communication, crisis management and corporate reputation.

He served as Chief of Staff of the Executive and Public Relations Directorate of UCV-TV for five years and as a teacher in the area of Advertising and Public Relations.

He joined the Azerta team in March 2020, during which time he has advised different companies in shipping, telecommunications and retail industries.

Pablo Bravo Manager

Journalist from the Pontificia Universidad Católica of Chile with a Masters degree in Audiovisual Communication and Advertising from the Universidad Autónoma of Barcelona.

While living in Spain, Pablo advised various companies, then worked for Channel 13 and the Ministry of Mining.

Pablo has had a long and outstanding career in journalism in the area of economics, specifically in the mining, energy and aquaculture sectors. Before joining Azerta, he held the position of General Editor at Editec Media.

María José Peña Manager

Journalist from the Andrés Bello University.

María José has more than 10 years of experience in strategic communication in public and private institutions, including Corfo, the Ministry of Economy, Sernatur and ECLAC, among others.

María José also worked as a journalist for the Municipality of Quilicura and as a consultant for different companies in the areas of retail, real estate, fishing and energy.

She has been part of the Azerta team since June 2021.

Sara Alfaro Manager

Journalist from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

She worked at daily El Mercurio in 2018 in the Life, Science and Technology section. In July 2019, she joined the Azerta team.

Yael Sherling Manager

Journalist from Universidad Diego Portales.

In 2016 she joined the press department of Canal 13 and since September 2017 she has been part of the Azerta team.

Macarena Scheuch Manager

Journalist and International Studies diploma recipient from Universidad de Chile.

Macarena began her professional career at the University’s radio station, where for six years she worked as a reporter, producer, and evening editor.

She then spent seven years as a communications consultant advising companies involved in mining, energy, retail, and higher education, among others.

Macarena joined the Azerta team in March of 2021.

Jaime Gallo Manager

Journalist from Universidad Diego Portales.

He began his career working in the newspaper La Tercera. Subsequently, he was in charge of communications for the NGO United Way Chile. He joined Azerta in 2012.

Romina Álvarez Manager

Journalist from Universidad Gabriela Mistral.

Master’s Degree in Strategic Communications and Social Responsibility from Universidad Andrés Bello. In December 2009 she began her career working in Mega’s press department. Since 2014 she has been part of the Azerta team.

Nicolás Carrasco Executive

Journalist from Universidad Diego Portales.

Nicolás began his career in Radio Concierto as a producer of the program Tomorrow Will Be Another Day (Mañana Será Otro Día). He joined Azerta’s Communications team in May 2022.

Dusanka Obilinovic Executive

Journalism degree from the Universidad de Las Américas.  Dusanka has spent a large part of her professional career working in media, including for the Las Últimas Noticias and La Tercera newspapers.

In 2021, she began advising companies on corporate communications matters and later joined the Azerta team as a communications executive.

Ignacio Cembrano Executive

Journalism degree from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Ignacio began his career at the Grupo Editorial Editec, writing technical content for the Revista Minería Chilena, Revista Electricidad, Revista Aqua and the Electromov website. He subsequently worked as a journalist on the Reporte Minero y Energético program broadcast by Canal 24h while also running the Visual Producciones production company.

He joined Azerta in April 2021, where he works with clients in the mining, energy and telecommunications sectors.

Anita Guzmán Executive

A journalist from Andrés Bello University, Guzman worked at Diario Estrategia and in 2013 joined the business side of LitoralPress. In 2017, she was hired by Azerta as a Media Analyst and later promoted to Account Executive. 

Bastián Llanos Executive

A journalist from the Alberto Hurtado University, Llanos began working at La Segunda newspaper before joining the Azerta team in 2019. 

Cristóbal Ojeda Content Manager

Journalist from the Universidad de Santiago and Masters in Business Administration with a specialization in Strategic Communication from the Universidad Diego Portales.

Previously Cristóbal worked in the Digital Content area of Channel 13, in the marketing and communications area of Travel Club/Banco de Chile and Consorcio, and before joining Azerta he worked as Brand Manager of Caja Los Andes. He has experience in management and supervision of communications in different formats, brand positioning, generation of marketing strategies and management of social networks.

León Fernández Public Affairs Consultant

Journalist from the Universidad de Los Andes with a Minor in Political Science. León has been a Public Affairs consultant in Azerta since 2020.

Bárbara Gaggero Public Affairs Consultant

Political Scientist from the Pontificia Universidad Católica of Chile with a Major in International Relations. Since 2021, Bárbara has worked in Azerta as a Consultant in the area of Public Affairs, dedicating much of her time to covering the Chilean process of developing a new constitution.

Javiera Soto Public Affairs Consultant

An attorney at law from the Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Javiera began her career at the law firm of Espina, Zepeda & Acosta.

During the two years she lived in London and The Hague, she interned at the International Criminal Court and represented Chile at the Hague Conference on Private International Law.

In March 2018, she joined the Ministry of National Defense team as an advisor, and in June 2021 she joined the Azerta team.

Claudio Sallorenzo Public Affairs Consultant

Journalist from Universidad Católica del Norte.

He has experience as a reporter in the press and as a communications consultant carrying out legislative follow-up to various bills.

Juan Andrés Abarca Public Affairs Consultant

Political Scientist and Bachelor in History from Universidad Católica de Chile.

Prior to joining Azerta, he spent eight years at Business News Americas covering the financial services, infrastructure and mining sectors. Collaborator with The Economist Intelligence Unit. He joined the Azerta Public Affairs team in 2018.

Hernán Valenzuela Public Affairs Consultant

A lawyer from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, he began his career at the Jaime Guzmán Foundation to work in the legislative area. Later, he worked in the Legal section of the Immigration and Migration Department of the Ministry of the Interior and Public Security. Since 2020 he has been a Public Affairs Consultant at Azerta. 

Rodrigo Escorza Press and Documentation Analyst

Journalist from Universidad Andrés Bello, with 10 years of experience in press analysis.

He worked in Litoralpress as Supervisor and Team Coordinator. Since June 2011 he has been working at Azerta as a Press and Documentation Analyst.

Kati Campos Head of the Press and Documentation Department

Journalist from Universidad Andrés Bello.

For 4 years she worked as a Media Analyst at Hill & Knowlton Captiva and then as a General Producer in different radio stations in Santiago. In 2014 she joined the Azerta team.

Sandra Verdejo Media and Archives Analyst

A journalist from Santo Tomás University, Sandra has worked as a media analyst at Grupo Time and at the Communications Department of the Ministry General Secretariat of the Presidency. In May 2019, she joined Azerta’s Media team to perform media analysis functions.

Marcia Núñez Media and Archives Analyst

A journalist from the University of Playa Ancha, she spent a decade working as a media analyst at Audionoticias, Nexnews and Litoralpress. She was then executive producer and screenwriter on children’s animation projects at Productora Houston. In 2019 she joined the Azerta team as a media analyst.

Marco Nicolini Digital Strategy Manager

Communications degree, and Master’s in Strategic Communication, Marketing and Business from the Universidad del Desarrollo.

Marco is a specialist in digital analytics and Data Driven Marketing. During his career he has served as director of strategy for the design of omnichannel marketing and communication solutions for a variety of companies.

As a university academic with over 25 communication and business school courses taught, Marco has had the opportunity to deliver more than 70 talks at strategy seminars both in Chile and abroad.

Martín Bernal Social Media Manager

Bachelor of Arts, Universidad Central de Venezuela.

He began his career as a Marketing and Digital Communications Specialist in advertising agencies such as Wikot and Red Nölck America. In July 2018 he joined the Azerta team, where he works as a digital communications analyst for clients from an array of industries.

Reimar Padilla Community Manager

With a degree in Advertising from the Alejandro de Humboldt University in Caracas, Venezuela, Padillas has worked as Community Manager and Personal Branding expert at El Nacional Web and Analiticom. She joined Azerta in 2019.

Jaime Meneses Social Media Manager

A journalist from Andrés Bello University, Meneses worked at TV channel Canal 13’s digital team and was then Community Manager at the Chilean Society of Copyright (SCD) and the University of Los Andes. In September 2019, he joined Azerta as Social Media Manager. 

José Ignacio Nieto Designer

José Ignacio is a graphic Designer with more than 18 years of experience in the areas of graphic, editorial, and corporate communications and web development.

For more than 8 years he worked as Digital Projects Coordinator at the El Mercurio newspaper, where he was in charge of the design and development of integrated multimedia initiatives, as well as the design of digital and print magazines.

He has been a professor at both Universidad Diego Portales and the Universidad del Desarrollo.

Carla Silva Administration

Cindy Vega Administration

Lidia Álvarez Administration

Natalia Olivares Administration

Jenny Pinto Head of Administration

Abraham Bustos Finance Manager

General Public Accountant and Auditor from Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana.

He started his career in 1989 and in 2007 he joined Novo Nordisk Farmacéutica Limitada as an accountant. In January 2013 he joined the Azerta team.

Christopher Duk Administration

Danitza Figueroa Administration